Brighton and Sussex Medical School

BSMS is one of four new medical schools to have been created as part of the UK government’s strategy to increase the number of qualified doctors from the UK working in the NHS.

BSMS first intake of students began their five-year medical degree programme in September 2003 and it has quickly become one of the most popular medical schools in the country. As its name suggests, Brighton & Sussex Medical School is a joint school of the Universities of Brighton and Sussex, and it works closely with Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.

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The School occupies its own state-of-the-art teaching facilities at the two universities’ adjacent sites in Falmer, just outside Brighton. Additionally, a purpose-built Medical Education Centre for third- and fourth-year students is located at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.

BSMS is looking for exceptional people who have what it takes to become the well rounded, compassionate, pioneering doctors of tomorrow and it has what it takes to get you there. You'll find few medical schools quite like it. The School combine proven, traditional methods with the latest innovations in teaching and research to create graduates with a distinctive, high quality edge. Brighton and Sussex Medical School is committed to providing first class postgraduate training which links clinical medicine to basic science and research.

Departments

• A&E
• Acute medicine
• Anaesthetics
• Appliances (Orthotics)
• Audiology
• Breast Services (Park Centre)
• Cancer Services
• Cardiac Services (Sussex Cardiac Centre - external site)
• Cardio Thoracic Surgery
• Chest Medicine
• Clinical Haematology
• Clinical Media Centre
• Clinical Site Management
• Critical Care Outreach Team (CCOT)
• Day Surgery
• Dementia resources
• Dermatology
• Diabetes and Endocrinology
• Dietetics
• Digestive Diseases
• Discharge team
• Elderly Medicine
• Endoscopy
• ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat)
• General Medicine
• Gynaecology
• Haematology (Bright Blood - external site)
• HIV/GUM (Brighton Sexual Health - external site)
• Hove Polyclinic Outpatients
• Imaging/Nuclear Medicine
• ITU (intensive care)
• Manual Handling
• Maternity services and labour wards (Obstetrics)
• Medical Physics
• Midwifery
• Neonatology
• Neurology research
• Neurophysiology
• Neurosciences
• Nursing Delivery Unit (NDU)
• Occupational health
• Occupational therapy
• Operating Theatres
• Ophthalmology
• Oral, Maxillo Facial Surgery
• Orthoptics
• Outpatients (main outpatients - RSCH)
• Pathology
• Paediatric Ambulatory Team
• Paediatric services at the Alex (external site)
• Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy
• Pharmacy
• Physiotherapy
• Radiation Safety Services
• Renal - see Sussex Kidney Unit
• Rheumatology
• Specialist Palliative Care
• Spinal trauma referral form
• Sussex Kidney Unit
• Thrombosis Committee
• Tissue Viability Service
• Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Urology
• Vascular Assessment Unit

“It is a great help. I have used my iPhone constantly to help access information during clinics and on ward rounds and even have had doctors asking me to look information up for them on my iPhone. Ability to have portable accessible information is invaluable and I would be lost without it.”

“The ability to instantly look-up things you come across on wards means you can apply your new knowledge whilst still in the situation which means it sticks in your memory. Able to get up to date information very quickly, not having to carry lots of books around for information resources.”